# Really stupid question: SDMB Acceptable Use Agreement? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 21, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876 "2009-02-21T18:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/1 "2009-02-21T18:40:46Z")
Having been here since the days of the wood-burning Internet, I’m ashamed to have to ask this, but … Does the SDMB have an “Acceptable Use” agreement? A nonprofit organization with which I’m involved is preparing to open its web site up to member-generated content, and we want to post an acceptable use agreement that lays out, generally, what behavior is OK, what’s not OK, and what we’ll do to you if you act like a jerk. I know the SDMB has half a dozen FAQ topics on this, but do we have a single, “check this box to indicate you have read the above agreement and will abide by the policies before you are allowed to post” document? I couldn’t find anything in my User CP or elsewhere. Thanks for any help! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/2 "2009-02-21T19:03:46Z")
Here is the old one: [SDMB registration agreement as of 12/5/2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347160) Here is the current one: [SDMB registration agreement as of 12/29/2008](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/3 "2009-02-21T22:25:04Z")
The Registration Agreement is then explained in more detail in the three FAQ threads in ATMB, and then sometimes there are variations in detail for each forum. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/4 "2009-02-21T23:54:32Z")
And not one of them says I have to wear pants while Doping. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/5 "2009-02-22T01:56:15Z")
THAT was more than I wanted to know! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/6 "2009-02-22T04:39:03Z")
Excellent. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/7 "2009-02-22T08:23:36Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > And not one of them says I have to wear pants while Doping. Ha! We don’t require you to wear a skirt, either! ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/8 "2009-02-22T12:00:12Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > We don’t require you to wear a skirt, either! :eek: So I can take this damn thing off now? [sup]The wife is laughing at me…[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-stupid-question-sdmb-acceptable-use-agreement/486876/9 "2009-02-22T17:42:30Z")
> [@meek](#): > > :eek: > So I can take this damn thing off now? > > [sup]The wife is laughing at me…[/sup] Tell her nothing’s sarong with a man in a skirt. I lava-lava me some comfortable trouser-alternatives!!